The Tree of Life Project: Creating an open phylogenetic database of biodiversity information

生命之树项目：创建生物多样性信息的开放系统发育数据库

• 批准号: 0078294
• 负责人: David Maddison
• 金额: $ 55.78万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-07-01 至 2004-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0078294&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Tree; Life; Project; Creating; open

This project will transform the Tree of Life from a collection of static web pages containing information about biodiversity and phylogeny into a dynamic system using a relational database. The Tree of Life Project is a global, collaborative effort of more than 300 biologists. The project's goals range from informal science education to serving the research needs of systematic biologists, as well as other life scientists whose work benefits from an understanding of the special characteristics and phylogenetic relationships of organisms. In order to convert the Tree into a database-driven system, the project will design database and associated display and data entry modules. The content of the Tree's current pages will then be moved into this database, and customizable, open-source tools will be created for the dynamic presentation of information and for efficient entry of new data into the system. The database will be constructed to allow communication between the Tree and other biological databases. The major benefits of the Tree's new format are expansion of the project's reach through data sharing with other database efforts and novel flexibility in presentation of information allowing us to better serve the needs of diverse users.

这个项目将把生命之树从一个包含生物多样性和系统发育信息的静态网页集合转变为一个使用关系数据库的动态系统。生命之树计划是一个由300多名生物学家组成的全球性合作项目。该项目的目标包括从非正式的科学教育到服务于系统生物学家以及其他生命科学家的研究需要，这些科学家的工作受益于对生物体的特殊特征和系统发育关系的理解。为了将树转换为数据库驱动的系统，该项目将设计数据库和相关的显示和数据输入模块。然后，树当前页面的内容将被移到这个数据库中，并将创建可定制的开源工具，用于动态呈现信息和有效地将新数据输入系统。该数据库将被构建为允许Tree和其他生物数据库之间的通信。树的新格式的主要好处是通过与其他数据库工作共享数据扩展了项目的范围，并且在信息表示方面具有新颖的灵活性，使我们能够更好地满足不同用户的需求。